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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

An Order for the Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Epiphany (18 January 2015)

1
Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord
under Eli. The word of the Lord
was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

2
At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not
see, was lying down in his room; 3 the lamp of God had not yet gone
out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.4 Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” 5
and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”But he said, “I did not call; lie down
again.”So he went and lay down.6 The Lord called again, “Samuel!”Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called
me.”But he said, “I did not call, my
son; lie down again.”7 Now
Samuel did not yet know the Lord,
and the word of the Lord had not
yet been revealed to him.8
The Lord called Samuel again, a
third time.And he got up and went to
Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.”Then Eli perceived that the Lord
was calling the boy.9
Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall
say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your
servant is listening.’”So Samuel went
and lay down in his place.

10
Now the Lord came and stood there,
calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!”And
Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “See, I am about to do something in
Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears of it tingle.12 On that day I will fulfill
against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to
end.13 For I have told him
that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew,
because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.14 Therefore I swear to the house
of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or
offering forever.”

15
Samuel lay there until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord.Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.16 But Eli called Samuel and said,
“Samuel, my son.”He said, “Here I
am.”17 Eli said, “What was
it that he told you?Do not hide it from
me.May God do so to you and more also,
if you hide anything from me of all that he told you.”18 So Samuel told him everything
and hid nothing from him.Then he said,
“It is the Lord; let him do what
seems good to him.”

19
As Samuel grew up, the Lord was
with him and let none of his words fall to the ground 20 And all
Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a trustworthy prophet of the
Lord.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.

Thanks be to God.

The Psalm

Psalm 139.1-5, 12-17
with the refrain from Songs for the Holy One

Refrain (sung twice):O Holy
One, search us out and know our hearts.

1 O God, you have searched me out and known
me; *

you know my sitting down and my rising up;

you discern my thoughts from afar.

2 You trace my journeys and my
resting-places, *

and are acquainted with all my ways.

3 Indeed, there is not a word on my lips, *

but you, O God, know it altogether.

4 You press upon me behind and before, *

and lay your hand upon me.

5 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; *

it is so high that I cannot attain to it.

and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea,

Refrain:O Holy One, search us out and
know our hearts.

12 For you yourself created my inmost parts; *

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

13 I will thank you because I am marvelously
made; *

your works are wonderful, and I know it well.

14 My body was not hidden from you, *

while I was being made in secret

and woven in the depths of the
earth.

15 Your eyes behold my limbs, yet unfinished
in the womb;

all of them were written in your book; *

they were fashioned day by day,

when as yet there was none of them.

16 How deep I find your thoughts, O God; *

how great is the sum of them!

17 If I were to count them,

they would be more in number than the sand; *

to count them all, my life span
would need to be like yours.

Refrain:O Holy One, search us out and
know our hearts.

Second Reading

A reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (6.12-30).

12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all
things are beneficial.“All things are
lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.13 “Food is meant for the stomach
and the stomach for food,” and God will destroy both one and the other.The body is meant not for fornication but for
the Lord, and the Lord for the body.14
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power.15 Do you not know that your bodies
are members of Christ?Should I
therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a
prostitute?Never!16 Do you not know that whoever is
united to a prostitute becomes one body with her?For it is said, “The two shall be one
flesh.”17 But anyone united
to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.18 Shun fornication!Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator
sins against the body itself.19
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
which you have from God, and that you are not your own?20 For you were bought with a
price; therefore glorify God in your body.

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.

Thanks be to God.

The Gradual Hymn

‘La ténèbre n’est point ténèbre’Common
Praise #549 (sung in English three times)

The Gospel

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John (1.43-51).

Glory to you, Lord
Jesus Christ.

43
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee.He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida,
the city of Andrew and Peter.45
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in
the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.”46 Nathanael said to him, “Can
anything good come out of Nazareth?”Philip said to him, “Come and see.”47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of
him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”48 Nathanael asked him, “Where did
you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before
Philip called you.”49 Nathanael
replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God!You are the King of Israel!” 50
Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig
tree?You will see greater things than
these.” 51 And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see
heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of
Man.”

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About Me

Richard is a presbyter of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster with a number of responsibilities. He is Rector of Saint Faith's Anglican Church in Vancouver. Richard is also the Principal Consultant for Liturgy Pacific, a worship consultancy providing educational seminars and resources for congregational life and ministry. After 23 years as a member of the faculty of Vancouver School of Theology, Dr Leggett became Professor Emeritus of Liturgical Studies in 2010. Since 1989 Dr Leggett has served on various national committees of the Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches in Canada and is a regular participant in the work of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation. From 2010 to 2016 he was a Member of the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada.